Gabi Zimmer
Appearance
Gabriele Zimmer | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 1 July 2004 | |
Constituency | Germany |
Member of the Landtag of Thuringia | |
In office 12 October 1990 – 1 July 2004 | |
Personal details | |
Born | East Berlin, East Germany | 7 May 1955
Political party | German The Left EU European United Left–Nordic Green Left |
Other political affiliations | Party of Democratic Socialism Socialist Unity Party of Germany |
Gabriele "Gabi" Zimmer (born 7 May 1955) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany. She is a member of The Left, part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left.
She has been a member of the East German communist party, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and its successors, continuously since 1981.[1] The party was renamed SED-PDS in 1989, PDS in 1990 and Die Linkspartei.PDS in 2005. In 2007 it merged with WASG to form Die Linke. She was chairwoman of then-PDS from 2000 to 2003. From 1990 to 1998, she was chairwoman of the PDS at the regional level in Thuringia. From October 1990 until July 2004 she served as a member of the Landtag of Thuringia.
Other political functions:
- 1990-1998 Chairperson of PDS in Thuringia
- Since 1995 Member of the PDS Executive Board
- 1996–2000 Vice Chairwoman of PDS
- 1999–2000 Chairwoman of PDS in the Thuringian Parliament
- 2000–03 Chairwoman of PDS
- 2004- Member of the European Parliament
- 2012- Chair of Confederal Group of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left
References
- ^ "Your MEPs – Gabi Zimmer". EU MEP information. European Union. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
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